6 ANGLING IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



and four grilse, three of lo lbs. and one of 9 lbs. Even a 

 bishop who was fishing the Water (St. Alban's) got his 

 three salmon and one grilse, while several ladies were quite 

 as successful. 



In another part of the country I read that. on the 

 Aboyne section of the Dee a gentleman, in one day, killed 

 his eight salmon — from 8 lbs. to 37 lbs., and on the follow- 

 ing day, with the natural minnow, he had four, the largest of 

 which was 30 lbs. These returns are taken from one paper 

 only, the Field, of October 13th, and they tell of sport that 

 should surely satisfy the most rapacious sportsman. At the 

 same time they convincingly indicate that while such fishing 

 is to be had at home, there is no need to fly to foreign 

 parts, even to try conclusions in the swarming rivers of 

 Canada. 



As to trout fishing, I do not happen to have on hand a 

 suitable clipping from which to quote, but I can draw 

 upon a recent experience of my own to supply all that is 

 necessary for my argument. Within thirty miles of London, 

 which I did not leave till eleven o'clock in the morning, I 

 killed, mostly with a small alder fly, on one summer's day, 

 ten brace of trout. The largest, it is true, was a very ugly 

 fish of two pounds and a quarter, but the rest were beyond 

 reproach, and ranged between a pound and a half and 

 half a pound. This, I may be told by some friendly 

 monitor, is nothing to boast about. Nor is it. But it is 

 quite enough to satisfy my wants, and, indeed, the more 

 modest basket of four brace and a half, which on my very 

 last outing in August rewarded seven hours' hard whipping, 

 made me as happy and contented as a man has a right to 

 be in this vale of tears. 



The business transacted with the Thames trout appeared 

 in an authentic return prepared by Mr. W. H. Brougham, 



